Atif Liaquat spearheaded their attack with 5-28 as Chippy were bowled out for 108. Matt Launchbury (41no) then sealed the points by four wickets.

Sean Holley’s 5-39 kept Clifton Hampden to 168-6. His Stonesfield colleague Tim Wyatt then compiled 78 not out to seal the win. Julian Chaundy struck 33 and took 3-18 but Combe fell five runs short of Broughton and North Newington’s 126. Watlington posted 208-9 at East & West Hendred, Dave Hanford contributing 74. However, Ian Clewley’s 79 not out saw the home team to an eight-wicket win. Ian Oglesby made 79 of Faringdon’s 119-9. It was in vain though, as Tetsworth won by three wickets. Chesterton returned to the top of Division 3 after ending Marsh Gibbon’s recent good run.

After routing the visitors for 65, Lee Price taking 5-25, Chesterton reached the target with only one wicket down. Wantage reached 160-2 in the 40th over to win at Fringford. Mike Konschel added 49 to his earlier 3-21 in the home side’s 159-8. Elliott Braggins (4-12) and Mark Horne (4-30) held hosts Westcott to 102. Kieran Foggett then made 56no in Witney Swifts’ eight-wicket win. Mark Weller’s 4-28 helped Eynsham knock over Wolvercote for 121. This was in reply to the home side’s 184-6.

Hanborough maintained their march to the Division 4 crown with 132-run defeat of visitors Marcham.

Neil Rose hit 102 in their 222 before Jonathon Ayris (3-21) and Will Potter (3-18) helped dump their opponents for 92.

A belligerent 112 not out from Andy Oliver got Kidlington up to 256-4 at West Ilsley.

Dan Farrant, with 7-20, was then the principal antagonist in the hosts’ 73 all out.

In Division 5, five wickets apiece for Stanton Harcourt’s Louis Pettifer (5-14) and Andrew Walker (5-13) rolled over West Witney for just 28.

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